Published April 9, 2021Updated April 12, 2021 Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, father of Prince Charles and patriarch of a turbulent royal family that he sought to ensure would not be Britain’s last, died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. He was 99. His death was announced by Buckingham Palace, which said he passed away peacefully. Philip had been hospitalized several times in recent years for various ailments, most recently in February, the palace said. He died just as Buckingham Palace was again in turmoil, this time over Oprah Winfrey’s explosive televised interview…
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By Michael Hernandez If you like Old School Monster Movies, you’re going to love Godzilla VS Kong. The two iconic monsters battle it out in a new film that is a sequel to two movies, 2014’s Godzilla King of The Monsters and 2017’s Kong Skull Island. Back in 2010, Legendary Entertainment acquired the rights to both monsters and for nearly 10 years they’ve been developing a movie with the two titans as adversaries. The film was originally to be released in 2019 in theaters but was, of course, delayed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kong gets the majority…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Your music lives on…
(Nashville, Tenn.) TN Tribune–Nashville General Hospital School of Health Sciences was awarded a national certificate of Apprenticeship status for its CNA, EKG and Radiologic Technology Program from the United States Department of Labor in January 2021. Nashville General Hospital’s School of Health Sciences is launching a new apprenticeship program for its certified nursing assistant (CNA) program. The school partners with federally registered apprenticeship employers to train CNAs and fill positions in the Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky region. The NGH School of Health Sciences apprenticeship training program helps create a pipeline of trained, motivated workers to fill the need of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., – April 6, 2021 – Leading Middle Tennessee reentry program, Dismas House of Nashville, announces it has received a $25,000 grant from Fifth Third Bank to support its financial literacy program for residents called Empower U Financial Literacy Program. As a longtime program partner, the Fifth Third Bank financial education curriculum includes a series of four courses for Dismas House residents: Budgeting & Saving, Boosting Credit, Slashing Debt and Protecting Your Identity. In addition, they introduced a fifth bonus course called First Time Homeownership. Ginny Burnett, relationship manager for Middle Tennessee at Fifth Third Bank, and an advisory…
SANTA MONICA, CA – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a newly created label dedicated to discovering, introducing and championing the artists, sounds and rich musical culture of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region to audiences around the world. Republic Records and its parent company UMG founded the new label in partnership with respected music mogul Wassim “SAL” Slaiby. The new label was unveiled today by: Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of UMG; Republic Records Founder and CEO Monte Lipman; and Founder and CEO of SALXCO and XO RECORDS Wassim…
By Jacob Pickering Matt Gaetz, the reactionary Republican Representative from the western portion of Florida’s panhandle region is the subject of an ongoing federal criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department on a bipartisan basis (under both the Biden Administration and Gaetz’s conservative cult leader Donald Trump’s Attorney General Bill Barr’s troubled tenure) for sex trafficking charges involving a minor child, according to the New York Times’ bombshell report of March 30, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation.html?smid=em-share As reported in the December 29, 2017 edition of Orlando Weekly, “…On Dec. 19, Gaetz cast the lone ‘no’ vote on a widely…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The Urban League of Middle Tennessee is set to begin another session of NextLevel Nashville, a business development program offered in conjunction with the Tennessee Urban League Affiliates, Interise and Tennessee Valley Authority. The purpose of the seven-month program, which starts on April 8, is to support small business owners who wish to efficiently pursue their goals of business growth. “NextLevel is a tremendous opportunity for established business owners in the area to build a roadmap that turns plans into action,” said Clifton Harris, president and CEO of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee. “We deeply…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At her victory speech, Jones pledged to continue working hard for equality. “It’s time for St. Louis to thrive,” she told a cheering crowd of supporters. “It’s time to bring a breath of fresh air to our neighborhoods.” “I will work to address inequities in the delivery of city services, and I will not stay silent when I see racism, homophobia, xenophobia, or religious intolerance. I will not stay silent when I spot any injustice,” she declared. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Tishaura Jones began her political career in 2002 as an…
By Ben Jealous The murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, ten months after George Floyd died in the street with Chauvin’s knee on his neck. Americans, especially Black Americans, are watching closely to see if justice will be done. The beginning of the trial made me profoundly sad, but also profoundly hopeful. It made me sad, because Floyd is gone and nothing will bring him back to his family. It made me hopeful, because Floyd’s killing sparked a renewed movement that is challenging police killings of unarmed civilians—a multiracial and multigenerational movement. The fact that Chauvin…